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A Transregional Collaborative Research Center (CRC-TRR) run by teams at Freie Universität Berlin and the University of Münster has been approved for an additional funding period by the German Research Foundation (DFG) to continue their study of how terrestrial planets formed.

The German Research Foundation funds joint Collaborative Research Center between Freie Universität Berlin and the University of Münster No 363/2019 from Nov 25, 2019 A Transregional Collaborative Res

Testing is underway on the spacecraft that will provide highly accurate measurements of the amount and rate of global sea level rise until the 2030s through a joint European-US mission.

The Flying Laptop project from the University of Stuttgart: the small satellite that has been a big success.

Freie Universität Berlin Planetary Sciences research group study published in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society No 291/2019 from Oct 09, 2019 Enceladus, one of the icy moons of the ring-planet Saturn, is ejecting from its south pole a plume of gas and ice grains originating from its subsurface ocean.

BOSTON - As forecasting of high impact weather needs to meet higher expectations in our changing climate, EUMETSAT promotes international cooperation under the aegis of the WMO and is preparing to deploy one next-generation satellite per year in the period 2021-2025.

The Universität Hamburg receives around 500,000 euros from the German Research Foundation (DFG) for a spectrograph and supports its acquisition with a further 500,000 euros.

05/31/2019 On the moon flashes and other enigmatic light phenomena can be observed again and again. With a new telescope, a professor at the University of Würzburg wants to get to the bottom of these phenomena.

Sebastiano Bernuzzi is new Professor of Gravitational Theory Light It has been over a century since Albert Einstein predicted the existence of gravitational waves, which disrupt space-time, 'rippling' through our universe at the speed of light.

Lovers of astronomy will have an opportunity to visit the flying infrared observatory SOFIA at Stuttgart Airport from September 15-20.

A critical element of polar-orbiting meteorological satellite Metop-C's payload - the Infrared Atmospheric Sounding Interferometer (IASI) - delivered its first spectrum today.

Europe's most modern satellite control centre has been unveiled at the Darmstadt headquarters of EUMETSAT, the European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites.

After three days of intensive testing by the European Space Operations Centre (ESOC), EUMETSAT has taken over control of its newest polar-orbiting meteorological satellite, Metop-C, and started flight operations of a constellation of three Metop satellites.

At 01:47 CET (21:47 Kourou time), EUMETSAT's polar-orbiting meteorological satellite Metop-C was successfully launched on a Soyuz ST-B rocket from the European Space Port in Kourou, French Guiana.

Designed for a three-to-five-year mission, the joint U.S./European Ocean Surface Topography Mission (OSTM) on the Jason-2 satellite has now made more than 47,000 trips around our home planet, measuri

Research news Just a few days ago, a small asteroid lit up the sky over Botswana - having been discovered mere hours before it hit the Earth.

This Saturday, June 2, will mark the 15th anniversary of the launch of the European space probe Mars Express that was developed with participation by scientists based at Freie Universität Berlin.

The successful launch this evening of the Copernicus Sentinel-3B satellite from Plesetsk, Russia, will establish the European backbone of a space-based, global ocean monitoring system at the service of operational oceanography.

Geochemists from Heidelberg University are major players in the Destiny+ mission to research the Phaethon asteroid - a joint project of the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency and the German Aerospace Center.

The two Meteosat Third Generation (MTG) mission data acquisition (MDA) ground stations developed under a EUMETSAT contract by a European consortium led by Telespazio passed their Preliminary Acceptance Review on 30 November, after a comprehensive validation test campaign.

Research news Five new research projects proposed by scientists at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) were impressive enough to be awarded Consolidator Grants by the European Research Council (ERC) this year.

Research news A new ring laser will make it possible for scientists to measure the rotational movements of the earth with far greater precision and detail than in the past.

A new view of how life and planet Earth have evolved together could help predict how life on other planets may develop ' 101/2017 from Apr 28, 2017 In a perspective published today in the journal Nat

Heidelberg astrophysicist Dr Frank Bigiel is receiving a highly endowed grant from the European Research Council (ERC), an ERC Consolidator Grant for extraordinary research talents.

Assistant Professor Dr Frank Postberg, a Heidelberg University researcher, is receiving a highly endowed ERC Consolidator Grant for excellent young researchers from the European Research Council (ERC).

Heidelberg astrophysicist Dr Diederik Kruijssen is receiving an ERC Starting Grant for excellent young researchers from the European Research Council (ERC).

Planet Researchers at Freie Universität Berlin Granted Nearly 2. Million Euros for Camera Experiment as Part of Mars Express Mission ' 441/2016 from Dec 14, 2016 Further exploration of the surface of the planet Mars using a high-resolution camera has been secured for another three years.

Research news The project "Smart District Data Infrastructure - Intelligent 3D City Models" by the Chair of Geoinformatics at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) has been selected as one of the 100 award-winners in the "Landmarks in the Land of Ideas" competition.

Termin From September 12 to 15, the Technical University of Munich (TUM) will host the "European Space Elevator Challenge" for the third time, an international competition for developing space elevator prototypes.

Research news How many millimeters has the sea level risen? How fast are the continents moving? How big is the impact of high and low pressure areas on the altitude of landmasses? In order to answer t